Basically it comes down to this: let the best man win.
None of those products that you mentioned are fully accepted as MS-Office replacements, so that opportunity is still there. When a winner exists, everyone will know.
I purchased a Tandy 102 through Ebay soon after a similar article (featuring Rick Hanson) was posted on Slashdot last summer.
I find it convenient for writing notes and recording data. I use it more often than my PDAs. Its light, and it has a half-way decent keyboard.
Also, I found it useful, in a modern way, when I programmed it to store data (my weight) in an XML-based format. Then, I was able to transfer the data to my PC, and graph it in Excel.
I haven't use it with my Linux box yet. That's on my todo list.
BTW. Does anyone else there have other ideas on using XML to breath life into similar machines?
It sounds like you're saying that whether human embroyo's lives should be protected depends on the presence of an ability to create a similar creature.
Wouldn't that be tying our policy towards embroyonic life to our technical abilities?
Wouldn't you like to have the software your city uses in its 911 service certified by a professional certified by a board? How about the software that building engineers use? Surgical tools?
I'm not saying that a license should be required for programming that kind of software. Instead, I think it should be a requirement that such critical software be at least validated by a professional before being put to use.
Are cars free of charge? No.
Open-source doesn't necessarily mean free of charge. You CAN sell open source software.
Are cars free of unnecessary patents and trademarks? No.
Its true that cars aren't free of patents and trademarks, but that doesn't stop people from modifying them. Also, open-source software can include patented code, as long as its licensed properly.
Can you take a major piece of a presently available car and use it to build a new car which you intend to mass-market providing that you give lip-service credit to the original manufacturer? No.
Yes, as long as its not an exact copy, and you avoid patents. Note that car companies reverse engineer ALL of their competitor's products. See the next question.
Can you make an exact copy of the car and give it away without being sued? No.
You probably can produce exact copies of cars without being sued. It would have to be under the OEM's terms. Heck, there are many "American" cars made by Japanese companies.
Is it possible for software to be free, in the "free as in speech" sense, and able to be TRADED? Do you forsee a future mechanism, i.e. a license, that could facilitate that in today's networked environment?
This goes to show the value of computing technology, no matter what era the computer was made in. I believe that computing hardware will, over time, be seen to be as important an invention as the pen.
Those of you who joke about vintage hardware should stop and think about when you were first exposed to computers. Don't you have fond memories of that? Well others do too, and now, they know that the power lies not so much in megahertz and megabytes, but in pressing a button and watching something good happen.
We need a space based reality show to replace Star Trek; a Survivor-type show in the ISS would be ideal.
Another idea: an earth based show taking place in a building set up with starship simulators, each taking up several rooms, with computer drived displays and props in each. Each team would have its own "starship", with battles taking place between teams.
If you learn the languages and tools needed to create useful business applications (ie. Java, JSP, SQL, XML), whether you learn them on your own, or by taking community college classes at night, your should have no problem finding a good position.
One way of demonstrating proficiency is to set up your own online web store, with administration tools. Something like that can serve as a sort of "portfolio" for prospective employers.
My guess is that people nowadays can remember things fine, but their memory is not categorized, so they have a hard time recalling things. Its sort of like storing a lot of data as a linked list instead of as a tree.
How about adding a 28 day month once every 112 years, to keep the 28 day cycle going? Place it between November and December, to add more time for X-mas shopping?
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Millions? Did you say millions?
Sourceforge itself has just under 400,000 registered users.
Could it lead to messages like this?
"This program will self-destruct in 30 seconds."
Basically it comes down to this: let the best man win.
None of those products that you mentioned are fully accepted as MS-Office replacements, so that opportunity is still there. When a winner exists, everyone will know.
Hold your horses there now about floppys. Aren't we just now ending the use of punch-cards at voting booths?
I purchased a Tandy 102 through Ebay soon after a similar article (featuring Rick Hanson) was posted on Slashdot last summer.
I find it convenient for writing notes and recording data. I use it more often than my PDAs. Its light, and it has a half-way decent keyboard.
Also, I found it useful, in a modern way, when I programmed it to store data (my weight) in an XML-based format. Then, I was able to transfer the data to my PC, and graph it in Excel.
I haven't use it with my Linux box yet. That's on my todo list.
BTW. Does anyone else there have other ideas on using XML to breath life into similar machines?
Here's a language idea: "SE", short for "Supports Everything". And if you want more, call its successor "SE++".
My recommendations:
1. Use a language and tool that you and your staff already know pretty well.
2. Use several languages or tools if necessary.
3. If nothing that that you know fits the requirements, determine which one are essential, then look again.
5. If nothing that that you know fits the essential requirements, don't bother learning a new language for the project. Let someone else handle it.
So does this imply that Deep Blue, and other chess computers, are destined to live with serious social problems?
And the first Mac looked like a 90's portable tv.
I think you're on to something.
It sounds like you're saying that whether human embroyo's lives should be protected depends on the presence of an ability to create a similar creature.
Wouldn't that be tying our policy towards embroyonic life to our technical abilities?
Wouldn't you like to have the software your city uses in its 911 service certified by a professional certified by a board? How about the software that building engineers use? Surgical tools?
I'm not saying that a license should be required for programming that kind of software. Instead, I think it should be a requirement that such critical software be at least validated by a professional before being put to use.
A microprocessor with 1 billion transistors? The future must look good for Verilog/VHDL engineers.
That's great. I suppose the next step now is to get the GPL "Virus" to work on Windows.
Open-source doesn't necessarily mean free of charge. You CAN sell open source software.
Are cars free of unnecessary patents and trademarks? No.
Its true that cars aren't free of patents and trademarks, but that doesn't stop people from modifying them. Also, open-source software can include patented code, as long as its licensed properly.
Can you take a major piece of a presently available car and use it to build a new car which you intend to mass-market providing that you give lip-service credit to the original manufacturer? No.
Yes, as long as its not an exact copy, and you avoid patents. Note that car companies reverse engineer ALL of their competitor's products. See the next question.
Can you make an exact copy of the car and give it away without being sued? No.
You probably can produce exact copies of cars without being sued. It would have to be under the OEM's terms. Heck, there are many "American" cars made by Japanese companies.
This happens all of the time in the commercial world. The people who do this are called Venture Capitalists.
Is it possible for software to be free, in the "free as in speech" sense, and able to be TRADED? Do you forsee a future mechanism, i.e. a license, that could facilitate that in today's networked environment?
This goes to show the value of computing technology, no matter what era the computer was made in. I believe that computing hardware will, over time, be seen to be as important an invention as the pen. Those of you who joke about vintage hardware should stop and think about when you were first exposed to computers. Don't you have fond memories of that? Well others do too, and now, they know that the power lies not so much in megahertz and megabytes, but in pressing a button and watching something good happen.
That's true, but who wants wine after its been, well, used? I'll rather take a used computer.
We need a space based reality show to replace Star Trek; a Survivor-type show in the ISS would be ideal. Another idea: an earth based show taking place in a building set up with starship simulators, each taking up several rooms, with computer drived displays and props in each. Each team would have its own "starship", with battles taking place between teams.
I don't quite see how the human genome is supposed to provide a better case for evolution than the fossil record.
I live in Detroit, and the main thing I want to know about it is: does this mean our electric bills will go down?
If you learn the languages and tools needed to create useful business applications (ie. Java, JSP, SQL, XML), whether you learn them on your own, or by taking community college classes at night, your should have no problem finding a good position. One way of demonstrating proficiency is to set up your own online web store, with administration tools. Something like that can serve as a sort of "portfolio" for prospective employers.
My guess is that people nowadays can remember things fine, but their memory is not categorized, so they have a hard time recalling things. Its sort of like storing a lot of data as a linked list instead of as a tree.
How about adding a 28 day month once every 112 years, to keep the 28 day cycle going? Place it between November and December, to add more time for X-mas shopping?
Please reread the article. You're talking about New Year's day.